Every Now and Then
The Mill's Demolition by Neglect
Every Now and Then was a column featuring a little piece of Douglas County history Douglasville Patch ran every week, beginning when we launched, more than a year ago. The articles were always well received and we've decided to revive them.
(Editor's note: This article was first published on Douglasville Patch on Aug. 15 2011, before the tragic fire that destroyed the mill.) This past week I performed a little experiment. I threw the word “history” out to various people–friends, waitresses, store clerks, even a couple of surprised strangers–and asked them to tell me what immediately popped into their minds. Various words were thrown back to me–events, dates, maps, wars, battles–and the list goes on. None of the responses really surprised me, but there are other words to parallel with the word history. Words like preservation, remember, and trust come to mind and unfortunately, the words failure, greed, demolish, surrender, neglect, and ignore are on the flipside as I continue…
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John Barker
11:25 am on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thank you Lisa, for all of your great help and for including that. I meant to put it at the top of the article and got distracted! I will next time! more ›